starboard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++star·board /ˈstɑːbəd $ ˈstɑːrbərd/ noun [uncountable] TTWthe side of a ship or aircraft that is on your right when you are facing forwards 〔船或飞机的〕右舷，右侧 → port —starboard adjective
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starboard• He would have had to have panicked, turned her starboard against a westward storm.• Another column dashed up her starboard side and carried off her smokestack.• It was now just a hundred yards off our starboard bow.• From the port side depths of seven fathoms were sounded, but only twelve from the starboard side.• The cabin was entered via a door on the starboard side, off the wing-walk.• I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard.• Suddenly young Kettering, who was with me, gave a hail and pointed to starboard.• Up there to starboard, the Bering Sea whipped by arctic gales into choppy swells.Origin starboard Old English steorbord, from steor- “oar for steering” + bord “ship's side”star·board nounChineseSyllable
of Corpus the or aircraft ship on a is that side
starboard
star‧board /ˈstɑːbəd $ ˈstɑːrbərd/
noun [uncountable]
—starboard adjective
star‧board /ˈstɑːbəd $ ˈstɑːrbərd/
noun [uncountable] Language: Old English
Origin: steorbord, from steor- 'oar for steering' + bord 'ship's side'
the side of a ship or aircraft that is on your right when you are facing forwards ⇨ portOrigin: steorbord, from steor- 'oar for steering' + bord 'ship's side'
—starboard adjective